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Secure the Supply Chain
• Provide Supply Chain Security capacity that maintains the security and integrity of Merck
materials and products
• Deploy the use of anti-counterfeiting security features to prevent counterfeiting and tampering, and
enable rapid authentication of questioned materials
Investigations and Enforcement
• Provide intelligence-driven proactive and reactive investigative capacity engaging high-risk/high-
value targets
• Provide robust forensic analysis capability to identify and characterize illicit products
• Enable meaningful enforcement actions that mitigate identified/confirmed threats
Raise public and stakeholder awareness
• Create public awareness campaigns and other communication tools to effectively raise public
awareness of threats to public safety associated with illicit pharmaceutical products
• Advocate for policy and regulatory changes that further protect patient safety from these threats
• Provide industry thought leadership and collaboration to issues of illicit medicines
Use Data and Intelligence to meaningfully advance operational activities
Product Integrity Strategy
Protect our Patients and Company Reputation